| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 1938 |
| Time: | 22:25 |
| Type: |  Focke-Wulf Fw 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ACON |
| MSN: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Manila -
 Philippines
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo (unknown airport) |
| Manila Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
A Focke-Wulf Fw 200 airliner operated by Deutsche Lufthansa ditched in Cavite Bay off Manila, Philippines.
The airplane, named "Brandenburg", took off 28 November for a long distance publicity flight from Berlin, Germany to Tokyo, Japan via Basra, Karachi, and Hanoi. The airplane lost engine power on the return flight due to a broken fuel line.
Sources:
El Litoral 6-2-1938
Images:
photo (c) John Tewell; off Manila Airport (MNL/RPLL); December 1938; (CC:by-nc)
photo (c) coll. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive; unknown
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